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© BN. 2005
INSIDE
Letterspg 2
Outdoorspg 6
Council Newspg 14
Church Updatespg 10
HistoricalFootnotepg 22
An Opinionpg 12
Village Peoplepg 20
Housing Meetingpg 21
Indian Missionpg 16
Editorialpg 26
Community Infopg 27
Village Eventspg 25, 26 &back page
May 2005 Issue 137
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BURTON NEWSTHE VILLAGE NEWSLETTER
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Birds of Prey •Tug-of-war
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Welly throwing • Entertainers
Fire-eaters • Circus skills
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Monday 30th May
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Dear BN
Thank you
We would like to express our appreciation and thanks
for the very kind actions of the gentleman cyclist and
the two lads who were with him who came to our
rescue when our little dog fell in the canal at
Cinderbarrow on Sunday 17th April. We had tried
unsuccessfully to reach her as she hung on to the
side of the concrete wall (she cannot swim and is
going blind). One of the lads, wearing a red jacket,
laid down on the edge of the bank whilst the gentleman
held on to his legs and managed to get hold of
Bonnie's collar and haul her to safety. Thankfully after
a bath when we got home she was none the worse
for her dip. We cannot thank them enough.
Will & Joy Docwra,
Milnthorpe
Dear BN
A Right Royal Rumour
During the last few weeks I have heard a number of
tales regarding the fate of The Royal Hotel. As the
landlady I would like to set the record straight.
The story so far as I know it is as follows: we took
over the pub in good faith hoping to build up trade
offering good food, real ale and accommodation, after
two weeks it became apparent that the premises were
not fit for trading, after tears and tantrums Avebury
Taverns agreed to forgo the rent and to pay all utility
bills until they had carried out a refurbishment to be
undertaken as soon as possible. It soon became
apparent that through years of neglect the cost of even
the most basic refurbishment was more than the
brewery expected and in order for them to get a return
on their money our rent would have to be set at an
unsustainable figure.
We hoped against hope that some sort of rescue
package would be offered by the brewery in the form
of a subsidised rent for a period of 12-18 months
allowing us to build up trade. After such a period it
would have been acceptable to negotiate rent on the
trading figures. Unfortunately no such offer is on the
table and we have been left with no option other than
putting in our notice to quit. We leave officially on 21st
June and would like to thank all our customers for
their warm welcome and support during our time in
The Royal Hotel.
The last word from Avebury Taverns is that they will
be going ahead with the refurbishment regardless.
This is the story so far …..unless you know different!
Lyn,
Royal Hotel, Burton
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The Guides and Brownies would like to thank the
Gentlemen of the Kings Arms for everything they did
for us to raise so much money at the recent Daffodil
Show. Particular thanks go to John and Molly Long,
David and Susan Williamson, and Mike and Barbara
Earl for their hard work on the day, and to Mike and
Zoë for hosting the event for us. Your efforts are greatly
appreciated by us all.
Our thanks also go to everyone who came along and
supported the event.
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Louise Barker and Jo Wylder would like to thank
everyone who supported our Cheese and Wine
Evening on 31st March. We raised a total of £379 for
Macmillan Cancer Relief which will go towards Andy
and Seb's London Marathon effort on 17th April.
Thanks also to Bryn (butchers) and Grange Bakery
for their kind donations.
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Burton Amateur
Dramatic Society
With three plays under our belt we set about planning
the next one. However, as so often happens in Drama,
backstage can be just as dramatic as on stage. It was
all planned, the play chosen, roles allocated and
rehearsals fixed. Scripts were delivered one Sunday
morning and by 4.00 pm that afternoon it had all fallen
apart owing to a series of cast crises.
Once again BADS was plunged to the depths as we
faced "resting" until the autumn. All around me were
the moans and groans from an enthusiastic company
who refused to accept the loss of "playtime". What to
do? As always, when your back is to the wall, the
answer comes. During our last play I had been
introduced to a local playwright and read some of his
scripts. One in particular I loved and wanted to
produce. However as it was an all women play and I
had my men all set, I had put it on my future possibles
list. Dramatic lightning struck - this was the time to do
that particular play, so Burton, prepare yourselves for
the world premiere of W.I. Blues, by John Peel, on
29th and 30th July. Eat your heart out Calendar Girls!
PLEASE NOTE: Both sexes are needed backstage...
so if you want to keep Burton laughing... come and
join us!
Alison Murphy, 781007
BADS are Dramatic
Burton members and friends of the society went to
Burton Morewood School last term to help with the
Class 5 and 6 Local History projects.
This year part of their lessons has been to study the
1930's and 1940's. The children interviewed our
members and looked at several items taken in, of this
era.
On Thursday 24th March we were all invited back to
school, when the two classes gave us a musical
entertainment of war time songs and tunes, and
recited an Ode to World War II.
We were given refreshments which included cakes
made by the children and we watched the school
website On the Home Front. We also looked at the
posters made by the children and the History Society
was given a copy of them all, for the archives.
The morning was enjoyed by all, and we thanked
Mrs M Elliot and Mrs S Thexton the teachers who
organised it.
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May we invite you to join us at our 24th Display and
Presentation of Awards, Saturday 21st May, 7pm in
the Memorial Hall. Our Chief Guest is The Boys'
Brigade National President, Mr. John Neil OBE, who
will be presenting Awards to the Anchors, Junior and
Seniors, including the presentation of two Queen's
Badges. Tasty baking on offer!!!
Our Table Tennis Team, Alistair Jones,Thomas
Hacker, Simon Gregory, and Peter Baxendale
(reserve) took on the 1st Denton BB Company team
at Burton on Thursday 14th April in the Quarter-Finals
of the Boys’ Brigade National Table Tennis
Competition and after a very tight contest won 5-4.
We now await our opponents for the Semi-final. A
tremendous achievement.
Congratulations!!
D J Mills
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Invitation
The Lunesdale Decorative and Fine Arts Society
(LDFAS) met, as usual, at Borwick Village Hall to listen
to (and view) a lecture on the “Art of Pebble Mosaic”.
This rather prosaic title really doesn’t do justice to an
art form that goes back many thousands of years,
and incorporates in its highest form, designs to equal
the finest Roman mosaics. Maggy Howarth gave an
overview of the history of these mosaics, showing
examples from the Mediterranean – Greece, Rome
and Portugal. By the time of the Roman Empire these
techniques went out of fashion, yielding to the tiled
mosaics that we are all familiar with. But the
techniques re-emerged once again in Italy in the
Renaissance in the great gardens and grottos. Ms
Howarth then went on to show us some of her own
mouth-watering examples which have appeared all
over England – some of them, especially her work
for Michael Heseltine’s garden, and the example
which featured in the Chelsea flower show, are really
large. Many of her pavements and squares exemplify
the highest form of this art. She did a lovely piece for
Lytham St. Annes - a fitting tribute to that town, for this
is where she first learned the art “Pebble Mosaic”. On
a smaller scale, there is a delightful local example of
her work outside the Village Hall at Melling.
The next lecture for the Society, entitled “Medieval
Illuminated Manuscripts”, will be given on Tuesday
17th May, at Borwick Village Hall, by Mary Bartlett MA
Oxon. Lectures start at 2.30 pm promptly.
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OUTDOORS
A whole new island to explore - now there's an ideal
outdoor experience. To see one opening out in front
of you is like going through the looking-glass into a
different life, or like seeing an exotic carpet unrolled
in front of you on the saleroom floor (which happened
to us in Tetuan in Morocco and again in central
Turkey). We couldn't actually see Cyprus last month
as it was night-time and we were on a plane. A boat
is the ideal transport; it just takes too long.
For a week we explored the south coast, its towns
and beaches from Lemesos (Limassol) east to
Amathou and west to Paphos. Once we drove north,
into the Troodos mountains, and walked for an
afternoon through a forest of Aleppo pines, past
outcrops of fissured rock green with traces of
asbestos. This used to be mined a few miles away
and a colossal spoil-heap has built up at the foot of
the seam. The guidebook called it an eyesore. Would
we really want the land to lack all signs of human craft
and labour? A few birds cheeped among the tall,
brown-flaked tree-trunks. We never saw them. And
no animals, because the stony forest floor, mulched
with needles and littered with cones, offered food only
to squirrels. The absence of deer allows at least some
of the myriad seeds to strike root and we saw several
trees standing in a dense circle of their own
seedlings.
The birds that thrilled me most were swallows, house
martens, and of course swifts. The martens had built
dozens of their mud-baskets under the eaves of the
fairly new airport building at Larnaka. The swifts
dashed and shrilled between the four-storey 'cliffs' of
the hotels. I love to see them at points south of England,
whether criss-crossing in front of Gibraltar's north face
or from high on a 400-metre cliff in north Transvaal,
where I once heard them thrumming the air not long
after sunrise. It reminds me that these essentially
tropical creatures have a second home on our own
island and ten or a dozen of Britain's 100,000 pairs
of swifts will come racing across Burton's rooftops
around the 6th of May.
So we roved across the ancient city sites, now
reduced to little more than their foundations. Market
places, shops, palaces, temples - they are now just
a few courses of creamy granular stone, a few
drainpipes, a few terra-cotta pillars from the
underground heating in a rich man's house, a few
black-marble pillars wonderfully carved in a
continuous spiral like a screw-thread fifteen feet high.
Two amphitheatres have more or less survived, and
many mosaic floors with handsome pictures of birds
and gods and lions and gladiators. The island was
shattered by earthquakes in the 1st and 4th centuries.
Arab raids wrecked cities and villages in the 7th and
8th. Richard the so-called 'Lionheart' sacked Amathou
in the 12th. Most of the good stone was carted away
to be re-used. Now only tourists and lizards come
and ago amongst the labyrinths, arousing poignant
thoughts of what Burton may look like in the year 4000.
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The most beautiful thing I saw was the outcrop they
call Aphrodite's Rock or the Rock of the Greek, on
the shore between Kourion and Paphos. One story
says that Aphrodite, the gooddess of Love, came out
of the sea-foam here. Another says that it was thrown
by the legendary hero Digenis Akritas, who had this
habit when he was trying to clobber an enemy. What
is certain is that the rock is wonderful in shape and
colour. You first see a lumpy mass of limestone, dotted
with hardy plants. Walk round to the western side
and it rears up into an ice-white face, leaning into an
overhang thirty feet high. Surf curdles against the
undercut base and drips from a black spur. Pale
orange streaks accentuate the sheerness of the
rockface like strakes on the hull of a boat. Blinding
blue sky, white cliffs, blue sea, white foam: you could
stare at it for hours, enchanted by this perfect
embodiment of the very stuff of Greece.
Burton-in-Kendal Art & Craft Exhibition
will be held on Saturday 18 th and
Sunday 19th June in Burton Memorial
Hall, 10.00 am - 4.00 pm on both days.
The Art and Craft Exhibition is open to anyone who
would like to exhibit and/or sell their work. Whether
you are a beginner, amateur, long-time artist, young
or young at heart.
Entry forms are available from:
Mrs Gill Chaldecott, The Old School House, Main St
Mrs Judith Ellis, Manor House, Main St
Mrs Paula Firth, Morleigh, Boon Walks
Mrs Kath Hayhurst, 2 Station Lane
Mrs Mary Newell, 1 Bell House Barn, Dalton
Entry forms to be returned by June 1st
Art & Craft Show
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Hello to all 'old' hands and new recruits - all welcome.
We are a very informal group and enthusiasm is more
important than ability. Home matches are on the
school field (thank you Mrs Woodburn) and after the
game both teams go to the pub for sandwiches, chips
and drinks. Look out for practice sessions (hitting and
catching basically!) which we will advertise in the Post
Office window (thank you Tim) if sufficiently organised,
or by word of mouth.
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Your enthusiam is more important than ability! Please
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Dalton Wine Club
Here we are in the 'merry month of May',
and you may well be saying ‘I bet it will be
another flower wine this month’. Well, you are quite right.
Dandelion in April and Clover in May. Another extremely
versatile 'wild' crop and although we often refer to it as a
flower, it is a herb and wildly available throughout Britain.
I remember walks with my grandfather in the Kentmere
Valley when he would remark on the abundance of
clover in a field as a sign of 'nature's generosity in
providing mankind with wonderous provisions'. We
would pick the clover and pull the 'petals' gently away
from the head. The tips would be creamy and nibbling
these tips was like liking the cream from rich milk, I taught
my Grandchildren to do this, and I am pleased to say
they enjoyed the taste also.
The American Indians were happy too, when clover
appeared. They cooked it in many ways. Boiling it with
dandelions and pigweed. And one tribe held feasts to
welcome the arrival of this magical food plant. In Europe
it is not considered a food for humans but as fodder for
cattle and an enrichment for the soil. Corn sown in a field
that was full of clover, is supposed to be the best yield.
Hence the sayings...To live in clover... Clover is the
mother of corn... I think my Grandad was right. The clover
has magical qualities also. A four leaf clover gives the
owner the ability to see fairies. Dreaming of clover foretells
a happy marriage and a two leaf clover, if you put it in
your right shoe, the first young man you meet will become
your husband. If not then someone who bears the same
name.
Now I'm sure that after all this, you will be ready for a
drink. So 'Clover Wine' quite simple to make, just add a
lemon, an orange, 1kg sugar, 1 pkt yeast to a 2 quarts
of clover blossoms and 1 gallon of water. It is a refreshing
drink that can be drunk almost immediately. So the long
wait should not put you off. But I was disappointed that
the wine is not red or rose. How many of you can
remember back in the 1950's when the height of
sophistication was to be seen sipping a rosé wine. Oh
the joy of a Mateus Rosé. And then having the bottle
made into a lamp stand. Oh the embarrassment of
owning up to that. Those were the days when a trip to
the cinema in Kendal was considered sophisticated. Yes.
True. No need to take a trip to Kendal for wine now. I am
sure the local shop will have a good rosé to celebrate
the merry month of May. And not necessarily of a
Portugese vintage!!!!!!
P.S. In the secrecy of your kitchen, put the white wine in a
carafe and add a few drops of cochineal to give
the wine that 'fifties' look. Go on. I dare you!!!!!!
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January - Kath Stephens
February - John Park
March - Andy Bailey
There are still places available for people wishing
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please contact :-
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THURSDAY AFTERNOONS?
Each Thursday from May 19 onwards the Bowls Club
invites everyone from Burton and district to a social
afternoon from 2 to 4 o'clock. Tea, cakes, and biscuits
will be served (50p). Everybody will be free to take
the air and walk round the green, to sit and watch the
swallows darting about or to play a few ends of bowls
- whatever they feel inclined to do. It's a spacious and
grassy atmosphere and friendly members will be glad
to meet you.
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Youth Club News
Burton Youth Club have had to bring forward their
AGM. It will now be held on Wednesday May 11th at
Burton Memorial Hall, starting 7.30 pm.
The current situation is that we do not have enough
people on the Youth Club committee to run the club
every week. If you are a parent (or a person who gets
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What our country really needs
In 1998 pastor Joe Wright was asked to open the
new session of the Kansas Senate in prayer. Instead
of the bland blessing that everyone expected, they
got a passionate plea for the nation to be brought
back to God's ways. Some of the legislators were so
incensed they walked out as the pastor prayed. Here's
his prayer:
Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask
your forgiveness and seek your direction and
guidance. We know your word says 'Woe to those
who call evil good", but that is exactly what we have
done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and
inverted our values.
We confess that we have ridiculed the absolute truth
of your word and called it pluralism. We have
worshipped other gods and called it multiculturalism.
We have endorsed perversion and called it an
alternative lifestyle. We have exploited the poor and
called it the lottery. We have neglected the needy
and called it self-preservation. We have rewarded
laziness and called it welfare. We have killed our
unborn and called it a choice. We have shot
abortionists and called it justifiable. We have
neglected to discipline our children and called it
building self-esteem. We have abused power and
called it political savvy. We have coveted our
neighbour's possessions and called it ambition. We
have polluted the air with profanity and pornography
and called it freedom of expression. We have
ridiculed the time-honoured values of our forefathers
and called it enlightenment.
Search us, O God, and know our hearts today;
cleanse us from every sin and set us free. Guide
and bless these men and women who have been
sent here by the people of Kansas, and who have
been ordained by you to govern this great state.
Grant them the wisdom to rule and may their
decisions direct us to the centre of your will. I ask
this in the name of your Son, the living Saviour, Jesus
Christ. Amen.
This is a prayer that we ought to be praying for our
own country at this time of General Election. What was
true of American society in 1998 is true of Britain today.
During the election campaign, we've been repeatedly
told by the politicians that the key issues are a strong
economy, lower taxation, better healthcare, improved
education and reduced immigration. Well perhaps
that's what the British people do want - but it's not what
we need. What this country needs above all else is
not material prosperity or a higher standard of living,
but a repentance of sin, a renewal of Christian faith, a
recovery of biblical values and a return to godly living.
May God have mercy on the United Kingdom.
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Secretary: George Flanders 781729
Organist: Kath Mills 732194
Choir Leader: Kath Mills 732194
Reader: David Mills 732194
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Comments on the goings on of the Parish Council
An Opinion...An Opinion...An Opinion...An Opinion...An Opinion...
Claims made by a Prospective County Council
candidate on an electioneering pamphlet that he had
saved the phone-box at Clawthorpe and, apparently
single-handed, had won action to clear a blocked
drain, came in for heavy criticism at the recent Parish
Council Meeting. The claims were systematically
pulled apart. If he ever gets past the first hurdle, the
discomfited PCllr should have learnt one of the first
lessons of politics: if you're going to boast, don't get
found out. The phone-box at Clawthorpe is NOT
going to be saved. A.O. felt a twinge of hurt. Doesn't
he read her column, for goodness' sake? That's been
reported twice in BN and in the Westmorland
Gazette. But he's not the only one who has rather
unfairly claimed credit for the clearing of a blocked
drain, as readers of this column (if there still are any)
may remember. It's not that you have to be subtle
about boasting of your achievements - the offending
PCllr could learn lessons from another local politician
who never hesitates to blow his own trumpet. You've
just got to ensure your inflated claims are a bit woolly
so it's harder to discredit them.The offending PCllr will
now be reported to the Standards Committee, and
it's A.O.'s prediction he'll have a pretty hard time.
Police Report
Always interesting, but at the same time intriguing, as
not much detail is given by the discreet WPC Casson.
The police were called to the pub on report of a drunk.
But he left in a taxi before they got there. Not that drunk,
then. They were also called to two assaults, one
involving children. One person has been charged.
They have issued warnings for four speeding
offences through the village. They have been called
to investigate complaints of mopeds being driven
round the tennis-courts. They have spoken to parents
parking thoughtlessly at the school (and have had to
put up with some abusive language as a result). A
stolen car being driven on the M6 ran out of petrol
near the Tanpits Lane bridge, and a man, a woman
and a dog escaped and tried to break into two cars
in the village unsuccessfully. They then spent the night
in a local caravan, but were caught and charged. Not
the dog, presumably. More mayhem at Plain Quarry.
An attempt was made to drag away one of the picnic
benches. Other vandalism has also been reported
there.
Appeal
If the above report excites your fancy, the Police are
appealing for Community officers, and are hoping to
recruit for these posts. There is an age limit which is
55.
Planning application.turned down by PCLLrs
An application by the owner of Coppers' End to further
extend his house came in for criticism, as it was
considered 'un-neighbourly'. It was generally (but not
unanimously) felt that further extension to the property
would be overbearing on the houses to the rear.
Affordable Housing at Boon Town Play Area
Elsewhere in BN a report on the public meeting
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appears, but since PCllr Rogers gave his report to
the PC, A.O. feels a few comments are in order here.
A.O. attended the meeting, but no-one from SLDC
the key movers in this project, bothered to turn up, so
many questions had to go unanswered. The delegate
who should have attended was apparently ill. It seems
to A.O. that to fail to send a replacement indicates a
certain contempt for the people of Burton, who took
the trouble to spend what may well have been a
wasted evening at the meeting.
Briefly, the gist was that all present recognised the
need for affordable housing, but not at the expense
of the one remaining publicly-held green field site.
PCllr Rogers chaired the meeting, In his report back
to the PC, he claimed, unfairly, that the majority of
those present had been elderly. (He also claimed that
the play equipment on the playing-field was 'rather
tired'. This was heatedly and, to A.O.'s mind, rightly
contested.) So Anne-Marie Willmott of Impact
Housing, who have already built 3000 houses in
Cumbria (and whose HQ turns out to be in
Workington, not, as previously reported, in Norfolk,
or NE England) dealt with all queries on her own. A.O.
felt she didn't seem to be on top of her subject, or
have enough authority to deal with questions. Her key
reply was, "It depends." Well, at least she won't come
up against the Standards Cttee for misinforming us.
There seems to be utter confusion about how many
houses are being planned, and where exactly they
will be sited on the field.
The Parish Council were mildly moved by the strength
of the opposition to the use of the site. They were
advised by Chairman Hopwood (now exonerated of
any possible 'interest' in the project) that other sites
should be investigated. Is this merely a formality?
Village signposts
Funding is available for restoring these, but too late
for this year (It's complicated. Please don't ask).
However the PC intends to go ahead with finding
alternative funding, hopefully next year.
Post Office darkness
There appears to be a dark area on Main Street at
this point. The PC decided to leave this matter till
Autumn to determine how dark, exactly.
Village Design Statement
You produce a glossy, impressive village plan for the
next five years. No doubt to impress glossy people.
Anyway, your plan can be altered at any time, so, as
a few PCllrs pointed out, what's the purpose?
Objections were over-ridden.
Twinning
Not much enthusiasm, so the project's being dropped
for the time being. Too small a village, said someone.
Not so. There's a village quite nearby which has an
excellent and successful twinning arrangement with
a French village. It arose quite spontaneously, almost
of its own accord.
As usual, this commentary has cherry-picked the PC
meeting. Hope you didn't want to know about
insurance, or the various courses being attended by
your PCllrs, and so on. Goodnight,
A.S.
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The District Council has been particularly busy in the
last weeks. Following SLDC's budget round we have
found an extra £60,000 to expand South Lakeland's
Kerb Side Collection Service - so with continued public
support we should again exceed Whitehall's targets
for recycling. Unfortunately, despite many requests,
there are no immediate prospects of providing
recycling for plastic, as (we are told) there is no market
for the reclaimed materials. Also despite, in my case,
years of argument no one seems to be able to
persuade manufacturers to provide reusable
containers (as with milk bottles) or less packaging.
Easter Egg boxes were invariably twice the size of
the actual egg.
At the end of March I attended, as SLDC 's
representative, the annual meeting of the Cadet
Forces Reserve Association (formerly the Territorial
Army Reserve). I was pleased to hear that the
Cumbria contingent is almost up to strength although
the TA involvement in Iraq is causing problems for
employers. Sadly despite much local support our
petition to keep The King's Own Border Regiment
was not successful. An amalgamated regiment with
an amalgamated title of (I think) The King's Lancashire
Border Regiment will take its place.
New rules concerning declarations of interest are in
my view impeding the democratic process. Despite,
in my case over 20 years of close and continuing
involvement in flooding problems around Burton and
elsewhere I was unable to speak in the debate on
Stock Beck flood alleviation scheme in Kendal
because I belong to the authority which owns a school
on the banks of the beck. Obviously following the
reports of 'banana republic' tactics in Blackburn and
Birmingham in last year's compulsory Postal Voting
Elections we want our own Local Government to
remain free of allegations of unfair behaviour. At one
time you only had to declare interests if you or a family
member or friend had an interest, e.g. I always
declared an interest on planning matters affecting Tan
Pits Lane because, until recently, I had relatives living
there. Now it seems I have to declare an interest in
housing generally because I am a member of South
Lakeland which owns Council Houses and also
because I am an unpaid director of South Lakes
Housing Company which took over the management
of SLDC's Council Houses last year. On this topic I
am happy to report that as a result of the Company's
obtaining a coveted Two Star Status that we can now
go ahead with a planned £22m improvement scheme.
Following Government legislation SLDC's Licensing
Committee has recently expanded to cover the former
work of the Licensing Magistrates. At one time SLDC
only granted entertainment licenses. So in the case
of the Memorial Hall the committee had to get a Drinks
License from the 'bench' and a dance and music
extension from 'the council'. The new scheme means
many more Licensing Meetings and lengthy training
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Annual Children’s Sports Day
Monday 30th May
Hollywood Revival – A Street Float Named Desire
This year’s Children’s Sports Day is to be held on
Bank Holiday Monday, 30th May, and the theme for
this year is Hollywood. The day begins with the float
competition, procession and fancy dress competition.
The sports event will follow on the school field during
the afternoon, with presentations and disco in the
evening, this year an Oscar ceremony.
We have had a great response for floats but it is not
too late to enter one for your street or organisation.
Please contact Val on 781161. Remember, the
winning float brings great prizes: a trophy to be held
for the year and a table of honour at the Oscar
ceremony where everybody involved in the float,
young and old, will be treated like Hollywood stars,
with free wine, beer and pop, and waiter service.
The timetable is as follows
11:30 Meet at Green Dragon Farm
11:45 Judging of floats
12:00 Procession through the village
12:30 Fancy Dress Judging on the school field
13:00 Children’s races.
The highlight of the afternoon on the school field is, of
course, the children’s races, for all categories from
pre-school upwards.There will also be great
entertainment throughout the afternoon
In true Hollywood style, we will be organising a video
of the day to record the memorable event. We will
ensure a copy of the video is placed in safe keeping
as a record of life in Burton-in-Kendal in 2005.
Wouldn’t it be great to think it is a tape of Burton that is
played in 100 years as a record of life in the early 21st
Century?
…….and finally the evening Oscar Ceremony in the
Memorial Hall will begin at 7 pm. There will be
presentations and family entertainment, as well as a
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Concluding Liz Dew’s story of her visit to an Indian Mission...
TOOT YOUR HORN – WE AREVISITING IN INDIA
Towards the end of our visit, we were taken to open a
fresh water bore well in a village about 45 minutes drive
away. As we arrived on the outskirts, we noticed the
occasional very old corroded well head. I assumed that
these no longer worked but was told that they were salt
water pumps. We were in a delta area, the villagers had
water to wash in but not to drink. The major daily job for
the women of the village was to walk miles with water
holders and bring fresh water back home. On arrival we
were offered drinks at a household which had recently
converted from Hinduism to Christianity. This had
happened because God had healed the daughter of
her fits. Her parents and relatives were so grateful to God
because the daughter’s illness had made their lives very
difficult. We then had to walk from their house to the bore
well. On the way, we were asked to go into a house
where a wife asked if we would pray for her husband.
We saw the man lying on a wicker bed. His breathing
sounded dreadfully laboured, he had a metal tube in
his trachea. I was told that it was believed he also had
cancer. He looked very pale and grey, I thought he
probably had only a few days of life left. However, God
can and does perform miracles, particularly as I have
found, in India.. Therefore I prayed for the Holy Spirit to
come upon him and heal him, said goodbye to his wife
and we continued to the bore well. The bore well was
about 5 minutes walk from house. The area was very
poor. The beautifully-dressed women and children of
the village came out of their open wooden framed houses
with banana leaf rooves to greet us . The well was smartly
painted in grass green with a red bow attached. We
ceremoniously cut the ribbon under the ‘Welcome’
banner and pumped the first sweet fresh water that hadn’t
been manually carried in. This village was mostly Hindu,
many of the women were wearing the red spot on the
centre of their forehead signifying they are Hindu
devotees. However this was a Christian sponsored bore
well so next to it had been built a simple Christian church,
wooden framed, banana-leaved roof in keeping with the
other housing. As it is totally open apart from the roof,
when the villagers come to draw water, they hear the
happy worship in the church and some will eventually
be drawn in to meet Jesus, the living water.
After the opening ceremony, we went into the church for
a celebration. We had just started when there was a
slight distraction at the church door. With clean clothes
and looking a good colour, in walked the man whom I
had prayed for half an hour earlier. Although weak, his
breathing seemed much better. He was given a chair
and he stayed with us for the rest of the service. When I
first saw him I am afraid my jaw dropped open. However,
it seems that in India my hosts are quite used to God
answering prayer in quite staggering ways. They know
that when they pray, God answers and provides for their
needs.
On the last night with the children, we gave them toys
that we had brought with us, particularly communal
games like draughts and chess. Connect 4 was an
instant success with the young ones and the older ones,
the young made pretty patterns with the yellow and red
counters, the older ones devising ever more ways to get
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which they devoured very quickly. We met 11 other
children who would like to be sponsored and took a
photograph of them. We gave our sponsored children
a last hug and reluctantly left them.
The next morning at 4am we began our return journey
on the road to Tenali station. It was so foggy that we
wondered if we would make it for the 6am train. God
was in charge as usual, and we got there with time to
spare. We had plenty of time on the 7 hour train journey
and the 8 hour flight to reflect on all that had happened.
The things that I learned were many, but what I shall
remember clearly is the love and generosity of our
Christian Indian family, their dedication and commitment
to God, the wonderful unspoiled trusting nature of the
orphan children and their beautiful smiles, to never
underestimate the detail that God goes to in supporting
His children, and to take a pair of ear plugs with me on
my next trip as an antidote to those tooting horns!
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Burton Recreation Trust would like to thank all of you
who came and supported the auction and fund raising
at the recent Allstars concerts in the Memorial Hall. A
huge thank you to the Allstars for two terrific evenings,
and for allowing us to do our fund raising at their gigs.
The figure raised was £1,573 - which would not have
happened without the generous support from the
following: Burton Tennis Club, Burton Bowling Club,
Dave Williamson, Mike Earl, Ian Herd, Joyce and Les
Bye, Jumpers, Sue Shields Health and Beauty Studio,
Mossdale Service Station, Mitchell's Brewery, Victoria
Beauty Salon, Dickson's Coal, Burton Butchers,
Burton Post Office, Ian Walker, Chris Barrett, Water
Garden Restaurant, Graham Pickup Electrics,
Graham Curtin, Carus Green Golf Club, Sandpipers
Fitness Club, Lancaster House Hotel, Waterhead
Hotel.
The money raised will help the trust to expand the
facilities around the core areas, so that even more
people of all ages can enjoy themselves.If you haven't
been to see the facilities behind the Royal Hotel, why
not take a stroll and witness first hand the superb
amenities available for your use.
To book the facilities, contact Tracie on 01524
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♦ Football via Tracie (above)
♦ Netball Lesley Mayne 782984
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The Annual Daffodil Show was held at The Kings Arms
Hotel, Burton-in-Kendal on Easter Sunday. The
Judges were Mr and Mrs Andy Gilfellon. After the
Show the sum of £830 was raised from the auction of
entries, competitions, and raffle. A further £50 donation
from Les Bratby’s Folk Music night made a grand total
of £880 for Guides and Brownies
Please can we express our sincere thanks to all who
entered exhibits, donated auction items, all those who
came to the Show, and gave so generously in order
to help raise such a magnificent sum of money.
Thanks to our judges Andy and Jenny Gilfellon for
giving up their time and skilfully judging the entries.
Jenny has been a life long supporter of the Guides
movement and it was great to have her judge this
fund raising event. Our grateful thanks to Mike and
Zoë Nelson for their support, generous donations,
and the use of the Kings Arms. Thanks also to Paul
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Saturday night and, although the weather was rather
dreary, a gaggle of Burtonians wended their way to
the Memorial Hall for the 5th annual Allstars concert.
They were not disappointed!
From the opening bars of Tony Christie’s recently
revived Amarillo it was clear that we were in for a great
evening of entertainment. It was also clear that all the
band had been reheasing well. Due to the work of
the sound engineer Ian Rock we could hear every
note and nuance of the performance - maybe the
Bacardi helped but I didn’t hear a bum note all night,
and I didn’t have that many - honest!
Hot rocking tracks mixed in with evocative ballads
followed one after the other - from Gypsy Woman to I
Hear You Knocking to Blueberry Hill to Mustang Sally.
Every one doing full justice to the original and then
adding in the special Allstars mix. Mo “Twinkle fingers”
Witham did a Shadows spot of course, but not one of
their more well known ones. In fact Sleepwalk was
only ever released on their first album in 1961 plus a
1963 EP called Shindig, never as a single. Great stuff
all the same!
When the second set started we all thought that
George Isherwood had fallen asleep and forgotten
to turn on the lights. It was,though, for Paul Rossi -
who upstaged Tom Jones (no mean feat!) with a
fantastic rendition of Delilah that brought the house
down!! Think Phantom of the Opera mixed with
Marcel Marceau and a sprinkling of Freddy Mercury
and you won’t be far off the mark. Sheer magic!
That wasn’t the only high point by a long shot. All the
girls proved that they could hold their own as solo
singers. Jane Lancaster with Love Letters and You’re
No Good. Marion Weymouth with Hymn de L’amour
and Girl From Ipanema. Wendy Barker with
Someday and One Way Or Another. Barbara Rossi
with Jambalaya and You Belong To Me. Kelly Witham
of course in fine voice with Manic Monday and Hot
Stuff completed the line-up.
Paul Rossi wasn’t the only male to show that he has
a great voice. Ray Guy, Dennis Wood, Mo Witham,
Bill Whewell and Dave Williamson have all been
heard singing before but on the opening bars of All
The Young Dudes I was really taken by surprise by
Gary Lancaster on keyboards. Being out of view from
where I was he had me convinced that Mott The
Hoople’s lead singer Ian Hunter (no, not the one that
used to be in Allstars!) was in fact singing backstage
and was going to leap out and do a guest spot!
One curious item that was explained later - why was
Dennis Wood seen shaking a banana at one point?
Strange as it looked, Dave Williamson assured me
that it was indeed a musical instrument. I bet a lot of
folks will still be unconvinced and think it really was a
banana that Dennis picked up by mistake or as a
joke to see if anyone noticed. If so - gotcha Dennis!
There was a serious side to all this, and the two nights
brought in a terrific £1573 for the Recreation Trust.
Well done to everybody!
BJM
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Bryn Jones, who took over David Crayston's butcher
shop in November 2002, is a man of parts, and I don't
mean his rump (steak), his leg (of lamb), or his
shoulder (of pork). I mean that he's versatile. You
could never tire of talking to him about one thing or
another. The conversation at
Crayston's has always been lively.
David was a rich mine of local
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first told me about Dalton old village.
Neil Shaw was full of knowledge
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martens, kingfishers, and making
crooks out of sheep’s horns and
ash-plants. Bryn goes in more for
horses (if I've lost money on
Longshanks in the Grand National by the time you
read this, it's all his fault); and for fishing and long-
distance canoeing; he sang with verve in the first
Allstars; and he worked as a baker and a deli counter
manager before going back into butchering, his first
trade.
Although he dreamed of being a sports journalist, he
left school at sixteen and became an apprentice
butcher, then a meat manager, for Safeway, working
all over London. One day the boss called the workers
into the restaurant and said, 'You're all redundant.
We're re-structuring. You can take a severance
package or re-apply...’ All meat was now to be boned
out centrally and sent to branches ready packaged.
The deal was too poor for a family man - by now Bryn
had married Helen Norbury from Wharf Cottage,
Tewitfield, who was working as a nanny in London,
and they had their son Samuel. So Bryn re-trained
as a deli worker: 'It wasn't enough of a manual job
for me. Once you've cut your cheese and ham, you
just hang around - it's boring.' He re-trained again,
as a baker; then when Safeway were planning a
branch in Carnforth, he aimed to come up here.
Bryn and Helen wanted to get out of London. Helen's
roots were here, and Bryn hankered after open
country. He had always been used to it because as
a boy he lived on Wimbledon Common, where his
mother was manager of the rangers. 'We had dogs,
I loved walking, and you did get fit biking miles to
see your nearest friends.' As Carnforth Safeway hung
fire in 1998, waiting for the contaminated site to be
cleaned up, David Crayston advertised for a butcher
and Bryn went for the job. The whole story is a parable
for our times. The big chains shuffle
their work-force to and fro, the work
becomes ever less hands-on and
more boring. In the meantime a small
place offers the chance of work where
there is still variety and independence.
'I'd never boned out much. Here, it's
now one job, now another. It's good
fun, bringing in new lines, rotating the
range.'
When David said one Monday morning he was
retiring, 'It was a bit of a bombshell. I'd absolutely
never thought I'd have a shop. It was a huge
decision. After a few days I thought, well maybe... I
do like to be settled, and we didn't want to go
anywhere else. It's a really nice place to work.' Bryn
speaks with strong and reasoned admiration about
his trade as it is in this district. The furthest south their
produce comes from is just north of Preston and the
furthest east is near Hawes in Wensleydale. A small
slaughterhouse on a farm there asked Bryn over to
choose his Christmas beef. It must hang for at least
two weeks, and since foot-and-mouth all meat is
labelled with the farmer's name and the day of
slaughter. How on earth do you choose the best meat,
VILLAGE PEOPLE
BRYN THE BUTCHER
Honey Tree Restaurant
The Taste of Oriental
Chinese Banquet every Wed / Thur evening
Eat as much as you like. £15.50 per head
Open 7 days a week. Disabled Access
293 Marine Road Central, Morecambe
01524 423860 / 420944
“Happy Hour” buffet, 5pm - 7.30pm. £9.95
Full take away service. Vegetarian menu available
I wondered. By shape, Bryn says - the best carcase
has 'a big arse and the right fat content.' Well, now
we know.
He still finds it 'weird' being a boss, an owner -
although the shop, with John Birtles and Gemma
Wilson behind the counter and Helen doing the
paperwork, doesn't sound as though it has much
problem with a 'management structure' or the like.
Bryn has time for serious canoeing and raised £1200
for prostate cancer research by paddling thirty miles
on the canal from Bilsborough to Carnforth, and will
do so again to raise money for breast screening. He
has bought a new open-top canoe built to a new
shape, which he has tested on Windermere, and you
can even fish from it. 'The rack on the van isn't for
carrying beef - it's for the canoe.' In spite of all this
energy and activity, Bryn sees himself as easygoing,
and for all his fascination with racehorses, he's joking
(I think) when he says, 'I might get into owning them
one day - when I've made my millions.'
D.C.
BN is publishing this at the request of Tony
Jolley, Liberal Democrat candidate for the
Lower Kentdale county council seat
An Apology from Tony Jolley
I hereby apologise for any inaccurancies in my recent
Focus leaflet. These may or may not have been
included by my editor or sub-editor. Anyone wishing
to discuss this matter with my agent please call 01539
723403.
Tony Jolley, Burton.
Affordable Housing Meeting - A Summary
Thursday 7th May saw some 40+ parishioners
listening to a presentation by Anne-Marie Willmott of
Impact Housing Association in the Memorial Hall.
Despite the SLDC speaker not turning up, she tried
her best to explain what was planned for the Boon
Town playing field site. The recent housing needs
survey had identified 12 households in Burton in need
of affordable housing, but the initial proposal had
been for 5 new dwellings, later revised up to 10, and
then back down to 7 again. Of these 7, 5 would be
for shared ownership and 2 for rent only. A new
children’s play area was to be incorporated behind
the new houses, but no dimensions were available
for this as yet.
The scheme is still in the preliminary stage, with no
planning application yet submitted. The purpose of
the meeting was to listen to residents’ views and take
those back for further consideration, before an
application to the Housing Corporation for grant aid,
and planning consent was sought.
The properties, if built, would firstly be offered to people
in the parish, and then radiate outwards within
Cumbria, although persons living in other areas, e.g.
north Lancs, with family ties to Burton would also be
considered.
An often-heated question-and-answer session
followed the presentation, in which it became clear
that there is a sizeable number of people who did not
wish to lose, or downsize, the Boon Town play area,
but the majority of speakers accepted that there is a
need for affordable housing within the parish. The
parish council and Impact Housing were urged to
seek alternative sites within the parish and leave the
Boon Town play area alone.
Concluding the meeting, Parish Cllr Paul Rogers said
it was clear that the majority feeling of the meeting was
against the proposal as it is. The PC would look at all
the comments and that no hasty decisions would be
made.
A.N.
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HISTORICAL FOOTNOTEHISTORICAL FOOTNOTEHISTORICAL FOOTNOTEHISTORICAL FOOTNOTEHISTORICAL FOOTNOTEby Roger Binghamby Roger Binghamby Roger Binghamby Roger Binghamby Roger Bingham
"Westmorland Gay to Celebrate End of European
Fighting" ran the headline in the Westmorland
Gazette for VE Day. A lesser headline announced
“Whitehall blamed for County Rates increase” - so
what's new? Cllr Pattinson ranted about the 'loss of
parental control now that schools seemed to be
looking after their children for them with school
dinners, milk and medical service. We'll be having
to provide school tailors next'.
Unlike in 1918 when the First World War ended
suddenly and with timely precision on the eleventh
hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month the
end of Second World War had been anticipated for
months. German prisoners of War had long been
interned at Bela River and in April captured German
Generals were photographed carrying their own
luggage on Oxenholme Station while on the way to a
prison camp at Grizedale.
Meanwhile, in Burton, Mrs Roe won the Women's
Institute Competition for the best 'knitted garment for
Liberated Europe'.
Margery Atkinson of Crow Trees was congratulated
for gaining five first class certificates in Shorthand and
Typing at Lancaster College. Her sister May was also
praised for passing her school certificate to enter
Keswick College. At a Young Farmer's club dance in
the National School, organised by Mr A. Cummings,
BURTON AND VICTORY IN EUROPE-MAY 1945
Mrs George Dobson 'displayed snaps of Egypt and
the Sudan taken by her son 'on active service'. Also
with, perhaps, cultivation diversification in mind, Mr H
Smith showed slides of 'rubber tapping and rice
growing'. At the Milnthorpe Victory Dance the 'Waltz
Competition was won by Mr G. Scott and Mrs
Bingham' - who kept that secret until her dying day
last year! In Burton on VE Day 'the village was
bedecked from end to end with bunting and flags,
and presented a gay spectacle. There was a
crowded dance provided by the Parish Council and
an excellent buffet.' The next day 'the official service
was performed by the Vicar, and was excellently
attended'. 'Despite the inclemency of the Weather
(again what's new?) a fine show was made by the
procession from the Market Square led by members
of the Services. During the festivities the historic
market Square with its quaint old cross has been
floodlit, showing up the bright display of bunting and
flags'. With fighting against Japan still going on the
War was not yet over. As a grim reminder of
dangerous times six soldiers were drowned in
Windermere while 'training' and a US aircraft landed
on Crosthwaite Vicarage killing the pilot and
destroying the roof. Fortunately, the Gazette added,
the Vicar and his wife and the household staff were
all out at the time.
Though vicars still lived in mansions and had servants
times were hard. Food rationing not only continued
Mon, Tues & Fri 9am to 5pm
Wed 9am to 7pm
Thurs - Closed
Appointments preferable
but not essential
Tel: 01524 782880
Victoria HouseMain StreetLadies & Gentlemens
Hairdressing Salon
CHIROPODISTHOME VISITS
Ian McCutcheonMSSCh, Dip. Pod. Med., MBChA
Tel. Burton 781383
for nine more years but actually became more
stringent. As bread was about to be rationed for the
first time, Burton WI was relieved to hear that the
Ministry of Supply would 'allocate' extra sugar for the
jamming season which began 'with the
blackcurrants in June'. So, even if the 'national loaf'
had the texture of sawdust they could, at least, have
jam on it. Also in May 1945 the Ministry of Food
decreed that 'housewives will have to have a
seventh of their meat ration in corned beef' which
had also gone up in price from 1s 4d per pound to
1s 8d per pound. As the ration was four shillings worth
of 'meat or offal per adult per week' there was little
scope for feasting though the Victory Celebrations
gave 1945 a 'Merry Month of May'.
Burton Out of School Clubfor all your Out of School Childcare needs
Telephone 07952 949882for information and bookings
New earlier Opening Time!Monday to Friday
7:30am - 9am £2.50 per session3:15pm - 6pm £5.50 per session
Affiliated to Burton Pre School(Registered charity no. 517138)
Concessions available for more than one child
Payment accepted by cash, chequedebit card, and vehicle licence stamps
CAR TAX
Now available fromBurton Post Office
2005 ROSE QUEEN
The 2005 Rose Queen was chosen
recently, and is Jennifer Roberts, her
Attendants are Ellie Hampson and
Molly Smith, and her Rosebuds are
Charlotte Slinger and Lucy Burrell.
Burton Memorial Hall
At the Annual General Meeting of the Memorial Hall
management committee, the current chairperson,
Susan Williamson, expressed a desire to stand down
and asked for someone to take on the role. Once
again there were no volunteers forthcoming, so
Susan has agreed to remain in post for one more
year only. She has made it very clear that at the next
AGM there will need to be a new chairperson
appointed.
Arthur Metcalfe, the treasurer, has also indicated that
he will serve for one more year and then retire, so the
Hall committee are seeking volunteers who are willing
to take over these important roles and help keep the
Memorial Hall functioning. Ideally, Arthur would like
someone to come aboard before the next AGM so
that the hand over can be achieved with the minimum
amount of disruption and allow the new treasurer time
to get to grips with things under Arthur’s guidance,
rather than being dropped in at the deep end.
If anyone would like to know more about what is
involved in either role, please give Arthur or Susan a
call and have a chat. Arthur can be reached on
782355 and Susan on 781126.
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Please contact Judith Ellis on 781057 for further details.
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Hopes of establishing cattle grazing on the Reserve were
realised this year. Bill Grayson over wintered a small
herd of Blue/Grey cattle and they settled in very quickly,
working their way around both Lancelot Clark Storth and
Burton Fell. However, during a dry spell in the early
spring, they did make their mark on the only pond within
the Reserve and an alternative source of water was
provided for them in the form of a water bowser at the top
of Slape Lane, inside the Reserve. Another trough will
be provided for them in 2005 and they will both be re-
sited away from the wall and public bridleway. The
experiment was judged a success; the cattle trod paths,
trampled bracken areas and grazed the limestone
grassland more effectively than sheep – all to the benefit
of the flora and fauna of the area. The cattle return in
November for another 6-month stint this winter.
The Reserve hosted a guided walk on the afternoon of 4
June. Some members of the group who met up at the
bridleway off Clawthorpe Lane had spent the morning
on a Cumbria Wildlife Watch walk for children at the
nearby National Trust Holme Park Fell Reserve. After
brief introductions at the information point on Burton Fell
near the top of Slape Lane the group set off to view the
old dew pond and were delighted to see a good patch of
adders tongue fern nearby.
Moving on to Lancelot Clark Storth, past a relic of ancient
woodland known as Pickles Wood, some of the benefits
of a coppicing cycle begun nearby by the Cumbria Wildlife
Trust on the Storth ten years ago were soon realised - as
the sun made an appearance a rare Northern Brown
Argus butterfly was spotted. Walking upwards past the
(now smelly) pond and onto the limestone pavement the
group was able to photograph another rare butterfly – the
Pearl Bordered Fritillary.
Walking back down Burton Fell the benefits of the hard
work that Jeff Nichols has put in over the years, creating
a mosaic of habitat by dragging thorn bushes through the
dense bracken, became apparent. This process
weakens its growth and encourages the speciality
limestone grasses and other flora and fauna to flourish.
The bracken used to be gathered here by the Burton
residents under their commoners’ rights and carted down
to the village via Slape Lane for use as house insulation
or burnt in pits to produce potash. It is interesting to note
that heather is also regenerating where Jeff has been
bracken-bashing – there are pockets of acid soil on top of
the limestone pavement to quite a depth.
A brilliant afternoon was the verdict of the group who were
impressed by the diversity of habitat they had experienced
in the three hours on the reserve. The twitchers amongst
them proudly announced that the number of different ferns
they had noted went into double figures!
Two work parties were conducted during July, mainly to
open up another area of limestone pavement on the Storth
and to remove some large sycamore trees. This constant
maintenance on the pavement is necessary to preserve
the unique habitat created in the limestone grykes, the
home of nationally rare ferns and orchids as well as the
Biting Midge. At the same time the opportunity was taken
to fence off the pond and skim off the cattle slurry to give
the newts a breath of fresh air.
A good variety of butterflies were identified on the butterfly
transect when the weather was suitable, but sightings of
Green Hairstreaks and Common Blues were down.
Fritillaries were active, but definite identification of the
nationally rare High Brown Fritillary proved very difficult
due to the fact they tend to fly high and fast over this
Reserve.
For those who would like to visit the Reserve a short walk
(white route – about 1 hour) and a longer walk (red route
– about 2 hours) has been marked with posts. Access
from Burton on foot is best via Slape Lane to the
Information Board which shows these walks on the map.
For those who would like to organise a group
guided tour (or for any other information about
the Reserve) please contact Cumbria
Wildlife Trust on 01539 816300 or the
Honorary Managers Ann &
Charles Dale on 01524 781145.
CUMBRIA WILDLIFE TRUSTHUTTON ROOF CRAGSNATURE RESERVE 2004
BURTON TABLE TENNIS CLUB
Friday evenings during term time
Burton Memorial Hall
6-7pm for beginners and most primary
7-8pm for secondary and improvers
7.30 – 9pm for adults
(competition and coaching available)
Come along and have a go!
Burton Memorial Hall
Come and Join Us!
First Monday of every Month
Library Coffee Morning
Every Monday at 8.30 pmBMH Main Hall
Improve your Strength & Endurance
Cardio-Vascular System
Body Composition & Flexibility
For further info call John 01524 781707
Circuit Training
Every Friday at 6.15 pmBMH Reception Room
Diary and EventsDiary and EventsDiary and EventsDiary and EventsDiary and EventsSee page 26 & back page for more events
Cancer Care CafeLast Friday of every month
at Slynedales, Slyne Rd, Lancaster(just over Beaumont Bridge)
Open for Tea and Coffee10.00 am - 12 noon
Free Parking
Everybody Welcome!
Further details from 01524 381820
Burton Children’s Sports Committee
Diary Dates for 2005
Make a note of the following
“cannot miss” events for 2005!We will update the diary as the year goes on
Annual Sports Day – 30 May
Onion Show – October (date TBA)
Christmas Parties – 11 December
BURTON-IN KENDAL TENNIS CLUBMembership starts 1st May
COME AND JOIN OUR THRIVING CLUB
We have a range of activities running
throughout the season including coaching,
regular tournaments, ladders, league teams
and social events
New members are very welcome
For further information contact
Lynn Riley on 01524 781587 or email
Welcome to the miniature railway at
Cinderbarrow Picnic Area
For more details ring Peter Ellis, 781057
Trains will be running on most Sundays
& Bank Holidays (weather permitting)
throughout the Summer
10.30 a.m. - 4.00 p.m.
L M M E SCinderbarrow
Preston Patrick Hall
Holme & District
Flower Club
For further information tel. Cally Lawson 781764
New members and visitors always welcome
Monday 9th May - 7.30 p.m.
Talk & slides by Tony Cleaver
"Secret pleasures of Amsterdam"
Burton Art GroupBurton Art GroupBurton Art GroupBurton Art GroupBurton Art Group
Mondays 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Burton Memorial Hall
For more details tel. 782749
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Affordable Housing
What a meeting it was! Heated debate for and against
from a large group of Burtonians, and this is just the
first step of the process. No decisions have been
made - this was merely a chance to discuss what
had been proposed so far. One thing for sure, this
will run for some time and your BN will be there every
step of the way to keep you informed.
Summer is nearly here
As evidenced by the start of the Summer events
programme with the Children’s Sports Day. This year’s
theme of Hollywood Revival promises to give a good
parade, let’s hope the weather will be kind again.
Bowling Club’s 100 Club
There are still plenty of places to be had in this, so if
you fancy helping fund a local group and also be in
with a chance of a little windfall give Frank Walton or
Malcolm Brownsord a call today.
Allstars
There is a full report elsewhere in the magazine but it
has to be said here that these folks just get better and
better every year. Well done on the performances and
well done in the fund raising too! Of course all the
hard work of rehearsing and performing would be in
vain if the audience couldn’t hear properly so a big
thanks has to go to Rock P.A. for the excellent job
done with the poor Memorial Hall acoustics. We could
hear every note, right down to the cow bell played by
Dennis!
Diary and EventsDiary and EventsDiary and EventsDiary and EventsDiary and EventsSee page 25 & back page for more events
Sun 1st May 13:00 - Masongill
Leader: G Crayston, 782857
Wed 11th May 13:00 - Eaves Wood,
Silverdale * Optional tea after
Leader: G Caley, 782299
Sat 21st May 9:30 - Blencathra,
Bannerdale & Bowscale
Leader: C Horsford, 782493
Wed 25th May 18:30 - Farleton
Leader: M Earl, 781723
Burton Fellwalking
Society
Visitors £1.00 Membership £4 from Jan 1st yearly
All walks: Meet in the Memorial Hall car park to
arrange lifts & share transport to the starting point
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Community Transport
South Lakeland
If you need transport to hospital, doctor, dentist,
optician, etc., please contact Mrs. Lynn Herd 01524
781905.
Enquiries to above or 01539 735598.
If you could spare some time as a volunteer driver
you would be most welcome.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT
THE CLERK - Charles Dale
01524 781145
The Parish Council meets every month on the third
Thursday in the month at 7.30 pm in the Burton Memorial
Hall. Members of the public are always welcome to
observe the proceedings. At each meeting there will be
an opportunity for members of the public to voice their
concerns, under agenda item Open Forum. The Parish
Council hopes that parishioners will take advantage of
this. Planning applications: Parishioners are asked to
ensure they notify the PC as well as the planning authority
of any comments or objections they have about any
planning application within the parish. The Agenda of the
next meeting and Minutes of the last meeting are always
available on the Parish Council notice board outside the
Burton Memorial Hall or on the Parish Council website at
http://www.burton-in-kendal-pc.gov.uk.
The library van will be in the Memorial Hall car park
every Monday between 10.00 - 11.00 a.m. Why
not pop along and save yourself a trip to Kendal?
County Library
Van Times
No appointment necessaryHealth Visitor: Shirley Bennett 015395 64887
Monday 8.30am - 10.30am @ BMH
SURGERY TIMES
Dr JH Gorrigan
By appointment only. To make appointments please
telephone 015395 63553
Child Health Clinic
1st Wednesday of each month
10.00 -11.00 am
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Useful Phone Numbers
Burton News Editors 01524 781306
Burton Post Office 01524 781828
Burton Morewood School 01524 781627
Dallam School 015395 63224
QES, Kirkby Lonsdale 015242 71275
CrimeStoppers 0800 555 111
Kendal Police Station 01539 722611
Kendal Library 01539 732815
Kendal Hospital 01539 732288
Lancaster Hospital 01524 65944
Council Switchboards
Cumbria County Council 01539 773000
SLDC 01539 733333
Don’t forget that the birdsstill need fresh water andfood now the breedingseason has started
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NEXT COPY DEADLINE!20th May for June issue
Next Meeting (open to all readers)
Monday 13th June at 8.00 pm
Diary and EventsDiary and EventsDiary and EventsDiary and EventsDiary and EventsThis month’s Events - See page 25/26 for more Meetings and Activities
Tuesday Club
May Meetings
Tuesday 10th and 24th
2.00pm - 4.00pmBurton Memorial Hall
Social Club for over-55’s
New members welcome
Burton W.I.
Thursday 12th May at 7.30pm
Burton Memorial Hall
“Resolutions”
Guests and new members welcomeFor further information tel. 781506
Followed by social time
Competition: A blue object
Hostesses: Mrs M Gunson, Mrs M Hesketh
Westmorland Riding for the Disabled GroupCharity No. 1074116
Coffee Morning
at the Old Vicarage, Burton-in-Kendalby kind invitation of Mrs N Pickering
Saturday 7th May 10.30 am - 12.30 pm
Raffle, Cakes, Plants, RDA Goods stall
BURTON AMATEURBURTON AMATEURBURTON AMATEURBURTON AMATEURBURTON AMATEUR
DRAMATIC SOCIETYDRAMATIC SOCIETYDRAMATIC SOCIETYDRAMATIC SOCIETYDRAMATIC SOCIETY
Annual General MeetingWed 18th May at 7.30pm
Burton Memorial Hall Teams of four - £1 per person
Burton Pre-School
Pub QuizWednesday 18th May 7.30pm
Kings Arms, Burton
QUEEN ELIZABETH SCHOOLKIRKBY LONSDALE
PLANT SALE
Sunday 8th May
11.00am-2.00pm
Offering a wide range of Summer plants plus
much more at very competitive prices
Vintage Metal
Annual Rally
14th and 15th May
New House Farm, Kirkby Lonsdaleby kind permission of Messrs Preece
Vintage tractors, cars, motorbikes andstationary engines, car boot and trade stands
Caterers in attendance
Supporting the Air ambulance and other local charities
For further details contact:
Mrs W Ireland, (club sec.) on 015242 42029
Burton Youth ClubBurton Youth ClubBurton Youth ClubBurton Youth ClubBurton Youth Club
Annual General Meeting
Wed 11th May at 7.30pm
Burton Memorial Hall